Hey, I like the AG2R kit a lot. As a matter of fact, I bought a kit and wear it regularly. Yeah, that Footon kit was an abomination, but to me, earth tones and pastels offer a refreshing change of pace in a team kit. I'm totally sick of the usual suspects -- white, red, black and blue. BTW, I saw a guy wearing a Saunier-Duval jersey, the other day. It looked really good.

Mapie is a conventional looking former Hollywood bon viveur, now leading a quiet life in a house made of wood by an isolated beach. He has cultivated a taste for culture, and is a celebrated raconteur amongst his local associates, who are artists, actors, and other leftfield/eccentric types. I imagine he has a telescope, and an unusual sculpture outside his front door. He is also a beach comber. The Rydster.